The name of the nearest town (if you want to call it that) is Marquand, MO. That's Madison County in the eastern Ozarks.
I don't know all the details, I caught a news snipit on the big city St. Louis TV news show. The guy was standing outside telling the reporter what happened and had the .22 in his hands. It sounds kinda BS to me, I doubt the bear HAD to be killed. I do know that the MDC killed a problem bear last year, and are trapping and relocating 2-6 bears yearly now. A non-resident turkey hunter killed one last year that he originally claimed attacked him in his woods campsite. He eventually fessed up and paid a fine and lost hunting priveledges because it didn't happen like he said. With a steadily growing population estimated at maybe as many as 900 bears human/bear run in's are inevitable. I spoke with a Conservation Agent several years ago while checking a turkey and he warned me of a problem bear where I was hunting. It had raided some turkey hunters campsite and kept them sleeping in their truck. Some of the remote campsites in the National Forest here have warmings about bears posted. I'd sure like to see a wild Missouri bear. I know they inhabit the areas I call, I have research data that the areas I call are some of the most heavily populated by bears in the state. Same for Mountain Lion, a Conservation Agent filmed a lion on a deer kill a mile from one of my deer stands! Our fastest growing large "predator" is wild/feral hogs. That's a population over 3,000 now and growing quickly. Hogs are open season. I figure one of these days I'll see one while I'm calling predators. I hope it's a friendly sighting!!!